"computer at www.webkinz.com Along with the regular Webkinz toys, there are also smaller, less expensive versions called Lil' Kinz as well as larger, slightly more expensive versions in the Signature collection launched in April 2009. The Signature collection later ended in December 2013. In May 2009, Birthstone Pets were released. One new Birthstone Pet was released for every month. In April 2010, Ganz replaced the Birthstone Pets with the Zodiac Pets. Again, one Zodiac Pet will be released every month. In 2011, CandyKinz were released. In June 2012, Rockerz Pets were released. Each Webkinz stuffed animal and Webkinz accessory comes"
"believed gemstones were a consequence of fermentation in the stars, where a diamond actually formed the kernel of gold-bearing mass. In fact often diamonds were linked to gold, which may have found its origin in the joint occurrence of diamonds with quartzite, quartz veins and an occasional occurrence of gold in them. In later times, Robert Boyle actually believed that gems (including a diamond) were formed of clear, transparent water, and that their colors and characteristics were derived from their metallic spirit. The diamond is the birthstone for people born in the month of April, and is also used as"
"Birthstone A birthstone is a gemstone that represents a person's month of birth. Birthstones are often worn as jewelry or as a pendant. The first century Jewish historian Josephus believed there was a connection between the twelve stones in Aaron's breastplate (signifying the tribes of Israel, as described in the Book of Exodus), the twelve months of the year, and the twelve signs of the zodiac. Translations and interpretations of the passage in Exodus regarding the breastplate have varied widely, with Josephus himself giving two different lists for the twelve stones. George Frederick Kunz argues that Josephus saw the breastplate"
"olivine is a 310 carat (62 g) specimen in the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. Peridot olivine is the birthstone for the month of August. Peridot Peridot ( or ) is gem-quality olivine, which is a silicate mineral with the formula of (Mg, Fe)SiO. As peridot is the magnesium-rich variety of olivine (forsterite), the formula approaches MgSiO. The origin of the name ""peridot"" is uncertain. The ""Oxford English Dictionary"" suggests an alteration of Anglo–Norman ""pedoretés"" (classical Latin ""pæderot""-), a kind of opal, rather than the Arabic word ""faridat"", meaning ""gem"". The Middle English Dictionary's entry on ""peridot"" includes several variations"
"as ""Navaratna"" (nine gems). At birth, an astrological chart is calculated, and certain stones are recommended to be worn on the body to ward off potential problems based on the place of these forces in the sky at the exact place and time of birth. While the term ""birthday stone"" is sometimes used as a synonym for birthstone, each day of the week is also assigned a unique gemstone and these assignments are distinct from the monthly assignments. Birthstone A birthstone is a gemstone that represents a person's month of birth. Birthstones are often worn as jewelry or as a"
"its variations are not found in classical sources. However, the titan Rhea does present Dionysus with an amethyst stone to preserve the wine-drinker's sanity in historical text. Tibetans consider amethyst sacred to the Buddha and make prayer beads from it. Amethyst is considered the birthstone of February. In the Middle Ages, it was considered a symbol of royalty and used to decorate English regalia. In the Old World, amethyst was considered one of the Cardinal gems, in that it was one of the five gemstones considered precious above all others, until large deposits were found in Brazil. Amethyst is produced"
"Pearl (given name) Pearl is a primarily feminine given name derived from the English word ""pearl,"" a hard, roundish object produced within the soft tissue of a living, shelled mollusk. Pearls are commonly used in jewelry-making. The pearl is the birthstone for the month of June. Pearls have been associated with innocence and modesty. Because it comes from the sea, it also has associations with the moon and with water. Pearls are also traditionally considered appropriate jewelry for debutantes and brides. Pearl came into popular use along with other gemstone names during the late Victorian Era. It may also have"
"the birth of the Buddha, as it happened during the month of ""Vaicakha"" (April–May), known to Buddhists as Vesak, under the zodiacal sign of the Taurus, during the full moon. The enlightenment and passing of the Buddha also occurred during the Taurus full moon. Before their design was eventually simplified, some of the earlier coins of king Apollodotus directly associate the elephant with Buddhist symbolism, such as the stupa hill (arched-hill symbol) surmounted by a crescent or a star (the Chaitya symbol), also seen, for example on the coins of the Mauryan Empire, many local coins of Taxila or those"
"Opal (given name) Opal is a feminine given name derived from the name of the gemstone opal. The gemstone is the birthstone for October. Its name is derived from the Sanskrit उपल or ""upala"", which means """"jewel"". It came into use along with other gemstone names during the late Victorian era. Opal was among the 100 most popular names for girls born in the United States from 1900 to 1920 and remained among the top 500 most popular names for girls there until 1950. It was last ranked among the 1,000 most popular names for girls in the United States"
"in the 1950s. It was the 344th most common name for females in the United States in the 1990 census. Eighty girls born in the United States in 2010 were given the name and 92 girls born in 2011 were given the name. Opal (given name) Opal is a feminine given name derived from the name of the gemstone opal. The gemstone is the birthstone for October. Its name is derived from the Sanskrit उपल or ""upala"", which means """"jewel"". It came into use along with other gemstone names during the late Victorian era. Opal was among the 100 most"
"Amethyst Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz. The name comes from the Koine Greek ἀμέθυστος ""amethystos"" from ἀ- ""a-"", ""not"" and μεθύσκω ""methysko"" / μεθύω ""methyo"", ""intoxicate"", a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness. The ancient Greeks wore amethyst and carved drinking vessels from it in the belief that it would prevent intoxication. Amethyst is a semiprecious stone often used in jewelry and is the traditional birthstone for February. Amethyst is a purple variety of quartz (SiO) and owes its violet color to irradiation, iron impurities (in some cases in conjunction with transition"
"Off the Hook from ""Splatoon 2"", the other being Marina. The TV series ""SpongeBob SquarePants"" has a whale named Pearl, who is Mr. Krabs' daughter. Pearl (given name) Pearl is a primarily feminine given name derived from the English word ""pearl,"" a hard, roundish object produced within the soft tissue of a living, shelled mollusk. Pearls are commonly used in jewelry-making. The pearl is the birthstone for the month of June. Pearls have been associated with innocence and modesty. Because it comes from the sea, it also has associations with the moon and with water. Pearls are also traditionally considered"
"gem garnets and was used as lapping and polishing media for the glass industries. The host rock of the garnet here is garnetiferous mica schist and the total percentage of garnet is not more than 7% to 10%, which makes the material extremely costly and non-economical to extract for non-gemstone applications. Garnet is the birthstone of January. It is also the birthstone of Aquarius in tropical astrology. New York has garnet as its state gemstone, Connecticut has almandine garnet as its state gemstone, Idaho has star garnet as its state gemstone, and Vermont has grossular garnet as its state gemstone."
"as his birth month was renamed ""Commodus"", and September was called by his title ""Augustus"", with each of the months from May to September (Lucius to Augustus) represented by elements of his official nomenclature in their usual order. The ""Historia Augusta"" also indicates that August was the month named Commodus, but is internally inconsistent: at one point, Hercules, the patron deity chosen by Commodus, is said to have been the namesake for September, while elsewhere October is the ""mensis Herculeus"", as it is on Dio's list. Several sources from late antiquity—among them Aurelius Victor, Eutropius, and Jerome—state that September was"
"American Gem Trade Association and Jewelers of America added spinel as an additional birthstone for August. Britain's National Association of Goldsmiths created their own standardized list of birthstones in 1937. Eastern cultures recognize a similar range of gemstones associated with birth, though rather than associating a gem with a birth month, gemstones are associated with celestial bodies, and astrology is employed to determine the gemstones most closely associated with and beneficial to a particular individual. For example, in Hinduism there are nine gemstones associated with the ""Navagraha"" (celestial forces including the planets, the sun, and the moon), known in Sanskrit"
"the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, is the goddess Meenakshi, whose idol is traditionally thought to be made of emerald. Emerald Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (BeAl(SiO)) colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 on the Mohs scale. Most emeralds are highly included, so their toughness (resistance to breakage) is classified as generally poor. Emerald is a cyclosilicate. The word ""emerald"" is derived (via and ), from Vulgar Latin: ""esmaralda""/""esmaraldus"", a variant of Latin ""smaragdus"", which originated in (smaragdos; ""green gem""). Emeralds, like all colored"
"Emerald Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (BeAl(SiO)) colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Beryl has a hardness of 7.5–8 on the Mohs scale. Most emeralds are highly included, so their toughness (resistance to breakage) is classified as generally poor. Emerald is a cyclosilicate. The word ""emerald"" is derived (via and ), from Vulgar Latin: ""esmaralda""/""esmaraldus"", a variant of Latin ""smaragdus"", which originated in (smaragdos; ""green gem""). Emeralds, like all colored gemstones, are graded using four basic parameters–the four ""C""s of connoisseurship: ""color"", ""clarity,"" ""cut"" and ""carat weight"". Normally, in the"
"an indication of the month of October. October figured prominently at various stages of Commodus' life, and indeed was renamed after Hercules by the Emperor. This calendric interpretation can therefore be seen to emphasize the Herculean aspect of the portrait. Other sources argue that the three signs instead are linked to the foundations of the city of Rome. In this case, Taurus represents the founding of Rome under Romulus, which took place traditionally on the 21st of April, Capricorn represents Augustus, who regarded the sign as his, and finally Scorpio would represent the Emperor himself, as the third ""founder"" of"
"Lord Budha (Devanagari: बुध ) (Tamil: புதன்) is considered as the god of the planet Mercury. According to Hindu mythology Lord Budha is considered as one among the nine Navagrahas. He represents green color and gemstone emerald. He is also the god of merchandise and protector of merchants. He is of Rajas Guna and represents Communication. as well as the Navagraha. Puranas recommend to worship the gemstone in the form of Siva Lingam. The kings and emperors considered that the statues carved using emerald stones have divine power. They also considered that the emerald stone is free from faults (doshas)."
"it on Alexander's birthday. Nordenskiöld's initial discovery occurred as a result an examination of a newly found mineral sample he had received from Count Lev Alekseevich Perovskii (1792–1856), which he identified it as emerald at first. Confused with the high hardness, he decided to continue his examinations. Later that evening, while looking at the specimen under candlelight, he was surprised to see that the color of the stone had changed to raspberry-red instead of green. Later, he confirmed the discovery of a new variety of chrysoberyl, and suggested the name ""diaphanite""(from the Greek ""di"" two and ""aphanes"", unseen or ""phan"","
"Ruby (given name) Ruby is a predominantly feminine given name taken from the name of the gemstone ruby. The name of the gemstone comes from the Latin ""ruber"", meaning ""red"". The ruby is the birthstone for the month of July. The name first came into wide use for girls in the late Victorian era along with other jewel names. Ruby is a currently popular name in English-speaking countries. It was the second most popular name given to baby girls in England and Wales in 2009, was the 24th most popular name given to baby girls born in Scotland in 2009;"
"it was mined. Her titles included ""Lady of Turquoise"", ""Mistress of Turquoise"", and ""Lady of Turquoise Country"". In Western culture, turquoise is also the traditional birthstone for those born in the month of December. The turquoise is also a stone in the Jewish High Priest's breastplate, described in Exodus 28. The stone is also considered sacred to the indigenous peoples of the Southwestern United States Zuni and Pueblo peoples of the American Southwest, The pre-Columbian Aztec and Maya also considered it to be a valuable and culturally important stone. The Egyptians were the first to produce an artificial imitation of"
"""January under the protection of Juno""; ""February under the protection of Neptune""; ""Mars under the protection of the god Mars and Minerva» ""April under the protection of Venus""; ""May under the protection of Apollo""; ""June under the protection of Mercury""; ""July under the protection of Jupiter""; ""Aoust under the protection of Ceres""; ""September under the protection of Vulcan""; ""October under the protection of Minerva and Mars""; ""November under the protection of Diane""; ""December under the protection of Vesta"". In order to protect the orange trees from the cold during the winter, two main orangeries were built at Meudon, the most"
"personified announce ""I am the mother of roses"". Among explanations for the month's name was that it derived from ""Maia"", a goddess of growth or increase whose own name was sometimes said to come from the adjective ""maius"", ""greater"". Maia was honored in May with her son Mercury (Greek Hermes), a god of boundaries and commerce, and a conductor of souls to the afterlife. The theological identity of Maia was capacious; she was variously identified with goddesses such as ""Terra Mater"" (""Mother Earth""), the Good Goddess ""(Bona Dea)"", the Great Mother Goddess ""(Magna Mater"", a title also for Cybele), Ops"
"societies. Tiffany & Co. published these poems ""of unknown author"" for the first time in a pamphlet in 1870. In 1912, in an effort to standardize birthstones, the (American) National Association of Jewelers (now called Jewelers of America) met in Kansas and officially adopted a list. The Jewelry Industry Council of America updated the list in 1952 by adding Alexandrite for June, citrine for November and ""pink"" tourmaline for October. They also replaced December's lapis with zircon and switched the primary/alternative gems for March. The American Gem Trade Association added tanzanite as a December birthstone in 2002. In 2016, the"
"or so. Even as recently as the beginning of the 20th century, it was believed that when a Russian saw an opal among other goods offered for sale, he or she should not buy anything more, as the opal was believed to embody the evil eye. Opal is considered the birthstone for people born in October. Opal Opal is a hydrated amorphous form of silica (SiO·""n""HO); its water content may range from 3 to 21% by weight, but is usually between 6 and 10%. Because of its amorphous character, it is classed as a mineraloid, unlike crystalline forms of silica,"
"Emerald Lingam Emerald Lingams are established in many Hindu Temples in Tamil nadu. Emerald (Tamil: மரகதம்)is a variety of the mineral beryl (BeAl(SiO)) colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. The hardness of Beryl is 7.5–8 on the 10 point Mohs scale of mineral hardness. The toughness (resistance to breakage)of Emerald is classified as generally poor, hence most emeralds are highly included. Emerald is a green gemstone. Emerald means the shade of green color. Because of its green color, the term Emerald is employed. Emerald is also associated with the eighth planet Mercury in the Solar System."
"to the market in 1968. In 2002, the American Gem Trade Association chose tanzanite as a December birthstone, the first change to their birthstone list since 1912. Manuel de Souza, a Goan tailor and part-time gold prospector living in Arusha (Tanzania), found transparent fragments of blue and blue-purple gem crystals on a ridge near Mirerani, some southeast of Arusha. He assumed that the mineral was olivine (peridot) but, after soon realizing it was not, he concluded it was ""dumortierite"" (a blue non-gem mineral). Shortly thereafter, the stones were shown to John Saul, a Nairobi-based consulting geologist and gemstone wholesaler who"
"η Gem. In 1930 Clyde Tombaugh exposed a series of photographic plates centred on δ Gem and discovered Pluto. In Chinese astronomy, the stars that correspond to Gemini are located in two areas: the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, ""Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ"") and the Vermillion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, ""Nán Fāng Zhū Què""). , the Sun appears in the constellation Gemini from June 20 to July 20. In tropical astrology, the Sun is considered to be in the sign Gemini from May 21 to June 22, and in sidereal astrology, from June 16 to July 15. Gemini"
"was also called Atlantiades because his mother, Maia was the daughter of Atlas. Hermaphroditus' name is the basis for the word hermaphrodite. Hermaphroditus, the two-sexed child of Aphrodite and Hermes (Venus and Mercury) had long been a symbol of androgyny or effeminacy, and was portrayed in Greco-Roman art as a female figure with male genitals. Theophrastus's account also suggests a link between Hermaphroditus and the institution of marriage. The reference to the fourth day of the month is telling: this is the luckiest day to have a wedding. Hermaphroditus's association with marriage seems to have been that, by embodying both"
"hostile for them. Emerald is their principal gemstone, night time is their time of strength, and 5 is their principal lucky number. In its ascendant (or lagna), Venus is the most auspicious planet. Mithuna (astrology) Mithuna is the third sign in Indian astrology. The Mithuna is equivalent to the Gemini in Tropical Zodiac. The only difference is that Mithuna is represented by a man and a woman. Mithuna stands for couple (which Mithuna is represented by). The dates occupied under this sign are June 16 to July 15. In Mithuna (as seen only in the birth chart), Mercury is the"
"of Heracles in the month Peritius. The Macedonian month of Peritius corresponds to our February, indicating this annual awakening was in no way a solstitial celebration. It would have coincided with the normal ending of the winter rains. The annual observation of the revival of Melqart's ""awakening"" may identify Melqart as a life-death-rebirth deity. The Roman Emperor Septimius Severus was a native of Lepcis Magna in North Africa, an originally Phoenician city where worship of Melqart was widespread. He is known to have constructed in Rome a temple dedicated to ""Liber and Hercules"", and it is assumed that the Emperor,"
"Birth flower Each month has a flower that symbolizes the month of somebody's birth. The characteristics that the flower has may be ""inherited"" by whomever is born in that certain month person. Every month has a flower that is sometimes referred to as a Birth Month Flower. Flowers by month is a term describing flowers related to a recipient's birth month, and in general flowers associated with particular months of the year. It is one of a class of specialized categorizations offered by florists. In a cultural sense, flower characteristics such as appearance, color, and scent, have relevance as gifts."